The following reply was made to PR pkg/33034; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: joerg@britannica.bec.de
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/33034: xfce4 doesn't start unless you tweak things
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:02:59 +0100

 On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:05:03PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
 >  >  > 	You have to create a few directories first as root.  See
 >  >  > 	http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2005-03/3277.html
 >  >  > 	for details.
 >  >  
 >  >  That's bogus. What does running iceauth produce?
 >
 >  When do I run it?  Before starting X?  While using a different window
 >  manager?  After starting xfce4 per the formula I gave in the PR?
 
 Well, let us assume you have run the bare bone xinitrc. What's the output of
 iceauth? If you run startxfce4 after running it, does it fix the
 problem? Both are interesting for me.
 
 Joerg